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Webster 1913 Edition


Tail-bay

Tail′-bayˊ

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Noun.
1.
(Arch.)
One of the joists which rest one end on the wall and the other on a girder; also, the space between a wall and the nearest girder of a floor. Cf.
Case-bay
.
2.
The part of a canal lock below the lower gates.

Definition 2024


tail-bay

tail-bay

English

Noun

tail-bay (plural tail-bays)

  1. (architecture) One of the joists which rest one end on the wall and the other on a girder.
  2. (architecture) The space between a wall and the nearest girder of a floor.
  3. The part of a canal lock below the lower gates.

See also

  • case-bay